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    Firefox 6 released

    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Firefox 6 released - 21st June 2011

    Crikey, that was quick - I haven't even got around to upgrading to FF4 yet
    Less than 2 months later, we have Firefox 6. Soon after I fired up Firefox this morning, it started downloading.

    It moaned that the Java Console Extension is incompatible, and disabled it. I don't work with Java myself and I haven't a clue how that got there in the first place anyway.

    Goodies for developers, apparently

    Mozilla's third major Firefox release of 2011 offers improvements to performance, security and stability, but it is perhaps web developers that will be most happy with Firefox 6. Mozilla has added support for more HTML5 elements such as progress and tracking, introducing Server Sent Events while bringing back Websockets.

    Mozilla to drop version numbers?

    Firefox 5 users will be prompted to update to Firefox 6, and while there is very little to visually distinguish Firefox 5 from Firefox 6, users will be urged to upgrade. Earlier Mozilla said it was mulling a move to remove version numbers altogether from Firefox's About dialogue box, but Firefox 6 still proudly displays its vintage.
    Well, sort of. The prompt I got was just to update, not mentioning the version number. I had to go into About to see that it was iindeed 6.0
    Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.
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    The best upgrade of Firefox I did was to install Chrome.
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      Originally posted by PAH View Post
      The best upgrade of Firefox I did was to install Chrome.
      Is there an equivalent of NoScript with Chrome?
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #4
        NoIdea. I'm not that paranoid.

        Though I use a VM sandbox for any potentially dodgy browsing, and to keep my main browser history clean.
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          #5
          I upgraded last night and the upgrade box did say 6. 10 minutes later it crashed when I tried to refresh a page
          “Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”

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            #6
            That'll be fixed in version 7.

            Welcome to the world of mandatory user global beta testing.
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              #7
              Crashed twice so far this evening, crap.
              “Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”

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                #8
                you obviously need to buy a shiny new laptop :-)
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                  Originally posted by PAH View Post
                  That'll be fixed in version 7.

                  Welcome to the world of mandatory user global beta testing.
                  And today its window keeps disappearing and won't come back.

                  Well, unless you count a new window with all the open tabs gone.

                  Fail!
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    #10
                    I have upgraded FF6.. Its good to use and the tab design is lovely....

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